MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans receive SNAP benefits. The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) commissioner explains how the SNAP lapse is affecting Minnesotans, and what the state is doing to help those affected.

How does SNAP funding work in Minnesota?

By the numbers:

DCYF Commissioner Tikki Brown says 440,000 Minnesotans receive SNAP benefits, which is about one in 12 Minnesotans.

Minnesota gets $73 million in federal funding for SNAP benefits, which is a portion of the about $40 billion that goes into the program nationwide.

Breaking those numbers down, an individual in Minnesota receiving SNAP benefits would receive about $6 a day, and a pair, like a mother and child, would receive $12 a day.

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